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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1886
Page
3
A melancholy reflection on the passage of the seasons and the transient nature of joy. The speaker laments aging, fading vitality, and the heaviness of life, asking whether true happiness exists beyond fear and judgment.
Ellen Doty in a Western village recalls a boyhood story sparked by a cent's worth of raisins and a Massachusetts romance with Sydney Smith. A twist of fate reunites them at a relatives’ gathering and ends in a Christmas wedding gift painting titled A Cent's Work of Raisins.
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt presents a sharp dialogue about love and risk with older women. A male narrator describes flirts from widows and spinsters, highlighting the danger and vanity of pursuits by women over fifty, and vows to leave any future suitor who pursues him.
A humorous verse portrays a talented Abyssinian woman who excels in music and art but cannot cook. It notes her skill in piano and languages and her fashionable gowns, ending with a moral urging her to learn to cook, as narrated by The Rambler.
A French writer remarks that women know moonlight harms complexions and supposedly fades silk and woolen fabrics more than bright sun. The claim links moonlight to stronger fading of materials than sunlight.
A New York Times anecdote recounts an undertaker offering a stained-wood coffin that mimics genuine mahogany at lower cost to a widow. She accepts, then proceeds to a dry goods store to select crape, insisting on the best despite her distress.
Mrs Clamwhopper's beloved parrot Polly causes chaos when her husband Charles is bitten while handling the bird. He warns of meat tasting and curses the creature as Polly asks for a cracker in a humorous domestic scene from Teras Sil ings.
The article describes Abyssinian marriage customs from betrothal to ceremony. Wealth influences matches as girls enter the matrimonial market while suitors bid via the father. Engagement lasts months with limited bride contact. Pre wedding rites include cleansing, feasting, blessing, and a mock gun salute by arkees. The bride is presented wrapped and the union is formalized.
A tale from the Philadelphia Call describes Kate and Belle discussing marriage and a plan to keep Ben at home. Kate renovates Ben's room to make it inviting, inviting friends to his house and gradually shaping a domestic ideal that fosters belonging and virtue.
A Washington Gazette excerpt argues that mixed race offspring trend toward darker pigmentation over generations if white ancestry fades. The piece describes successive matings with white partners, noting temporary lightening followed by return to darker complexions, and concludes Creoles prefer endogamy to preserve whiteness.
A Chicago guest recounts a tale of a horrific portrait that unsettled him. A painter from tome sketches a nobleman he killed in Europe, driven by guilt, and his likeness becomes the haunting image hung in Hamburg. The Italian vows to return to Rome and face justice on the scaffold.
The article argues boat building remains viable in modern times with growing value for youth training. It highlights a 16-year-old boy, his naval-architect father, and the craft’s form-centered skill, plus a note on Professor Meehan’s rose lecture and a tale of the Noisette rose and the fuchsia’s discovery by a shipboard plant.
In St Nicholas, George J. Manson discusses the occupation he is about to enter, offering a view on career choice and preparation. The remark reflects the period’s educational and professional concerns through a concise personal note.
A Carlton interview in the Philadelphia Times discusses perceptions of Cheyenne Salt Lake City and Mormon hostility toward Gentiles. It contrasts Eastern views of lawless cowboys with Cheyenne’s clubs and cottages and notes Gentile patronage and church control of local theaters.
A French traveler, ignorant of the language, asks how to cry when beaten. He shouts Hurrah instead of enough as a countryman pummels him. The man finally repeats enough and realizes begar is the word he meant to say long ago.
In a Long Ago exchange Dobson asks for a 220 bill change and reminds of a $5 debt from last year while Jobson agrees to cover it. A schoolmaster probes color perception with a sharp remark about black hats. Color blindness is noted as first reported in 1777.
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